About the Platform

Skuchain provides an innovative blockchain-based platform designed to enhance inventory financing and control. By enabling the conversion of inventory into easily tradable digital assets, the platform streamlines supply chain processes. This brings transparency, efficiency, and flexibility to complex supply chains, ultimately reducing costs and improving cash flow.

The Problem

Traditional supply chain and procurement operations face challenges like delays, inefficiencies, and lack of transparency. Relying on manual intermediaries and outdated financial systems leads to high costs, extended lead times, and limited access to financing.

The Solution

Skuchain provides a platform that leverages blockchain technology and smart contracts to streamline these processes, enhance trust, and enable innovative financial solutions. The platform offers command-line interfaces (CLIs) and software development kits (SDKs) for interacting with Trade Contracts on the EVM network.

This solution benefits suppliers by improving their working capital, empowers buyers with better inventory control, and provides financiers with new investment opportunities.

Key Components

Command-line interfaces (CLIs)

skc-nodeio-cli and skc-trade-cli allow users to interact directly with Trade Contracts, enabling modeling of various supply chain flows

Software Development Kits (SDKs)

The skc-sdk and skc-trade-sdk provide developers with tools to integrate Skuchain's functionalities into their applications

Trade Contracts

• Trade Tokens: Facilitate the creation, management, and transfer of tokens representing goods or services.
• Payment Commitment: Enables secure and transparent commitment to future payments with customizable conditions.
• Sales Order: Automates the sales order process, including offer creation, acceptance, and completion.
• Token Custody: Provides secure custody arrangements for tokens.
• Token Exchange: Facilitates efficient and transparent token exchange processes, supporting various use cases like preferred purchasing and multi-tier procurement.

Use Cases: Skuchain supports a range of use cases, including:

• Purchase Order Backed Solutions: Enable financing for sellers based on purchase orders, streamlining working capital access.
• Collateral-Based Transactions: Provide security and trust by allowing buyers to provide collateral for purchases.
• Take-or-Pay Arrangements: Facilitate Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) models with take-or-pay guarantees.
• Token Exchange Backed Solutions: Support various scenarios, including preferred purchasing, multi-tier procurement, and advance payments, enhancing efficiency and flexibility in procurement.